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Hard drive crashed on laptop, is it an easy fix??

  • 17-10-2009 5:50pm
    #1
    simon_24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭


    Hi,

    Ive got a 3 year old hp compaq laptop thats after crashing. My plan is to switch the hard drive (which is definately the part thats gone wallop) with a replacement SATA drive, I have the original XP Pro disc to reboot the computer with. What I was wondering was is this as straight forward as I think??


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  • #2
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    simon_24 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Ive got a 3 year old hp compaq laptop thats after crashing. My plan is to switch the hard drive (which is definately the part thats gone wallop) with a replacement SATA drive, I have the original XP Pro disc to reboot the computer with. What I was wondering was is this as straight forward as I think??

    Yes, it is.


  • #3
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    Usually a few screws if theres a quick access opening to the hard disk,If not you'll have to open up the whole laptop(which still isn't much hassle) and put in the new disk,Close it back up again boot with the CD and format the Hard disk and install windows,Should only take an hour or two if everything goes well.


  • #4
    simon_24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭simon_24


    Hi again,

    thanks for the advice,ive got it booted up and working, but wireless isnt working, ive tried everything, i reckon im missing the drivers, would hp supply them?


  • #5
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    simon_24 wrote: »
    wireless isnt working, ive tried everything, i reckon im missing the drivers, would hp supply them?
    Theres probably a 'drivers and utilities' cd that came with the laptop. Otherwise you should be able to get them easily enough off the HP website.

    It would be somewhat of a surprise if theres a wireless card in there that XP doesn't recognize.

    Can you find the card under hardware manager?
    - Should be a yellow exclamation mark sign on it, marked as an 'unknown device'

    Are you sure its turned on?


  • #6
    fox007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭fox007


    HI , im having a similar problem with my toshiba l40 series running vista

    everytime i open up my computer it just crashes and restarts every time im trying to erase old crap on it as the memory is pretty full any help there lads reboot??


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